Neglected and exposed: Toxic air lingers in a Texas Latino community, revealing failures in stateโs air monitoring system
Public data from a network of state air monitors around the Houston Ship Channel is hard to interpret and is often inadequate, leaving Latino-majority neighborhoods like Cloverleaf unaware of whether the air they breathe is safe.
How Texas polluters classify big facilities as smaller ones to avoid stricter environmental rules and public input
Industrial developers describe large facilities as โminorโ polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.
Financial advisor who embezzled more than $1M from Pasadena Chamber of Commerce for plastic surgery, trips gets 15 years
A financial administrator who embezzled more than $1 million from the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Tuesday.
Teacher visiting from Honduras shot to death during home invasion in Pasadena; police searching for several suspects
Police were able to retrieve video footage from the scene which showed three people near the victimโs apartment. Detectives determined that two of the three people unlawfully entered the apartment, shot the man, and then fled in an unknown direction.
Community honors 11-year-old Pasadena girl viciously murdered.
A vigil was held Friday night filled with Guatemalan traditions, in honor of 11-year-old Maria Gonzalez. Her father, Carmelo Gonzalez said it is hard to express how he feels after his daughterโs murder at the Main Village Apartments. Police said he found her body wrapped in plastic and inside of a laundry basket that was placed under the bed. Investigators said she was strangled and sexually assaulted while he was at work Saturday afternoon.
Mugshot released of 18-year-old accused of strangling, sexually assaulting 11-year-old girl in Pasadena
The Pasadena Police Department has released a photo of a person of interest in connection to the death of an 11-year-old girl who was strangled and sexually assaulted at her familyโs apartment on Saturday.
โSomebody is knockingโ: Voice message reveals 11-year-old Pasadena girlโs final words to father before killer attacked
Concern and confusion is heard in 11-year-old Maria Gonzalezโs voice as she quietly alerts her father in a voice message that someone was outside the door of their Pasadena apartment.
Pasadena homeowner denies city claims that โrats were his petsโ after neighbors complain about infestation
Neighbors in the Parkview South Neighborhood tell KPRC 2 that the rats inside Vichien Kittiwanichโs home have been an issue for years. Dozens of rats were captured on video, climbing on a fence and trees and even in a neighborโs tree.
FIRST ON 2: Teen Taco Bell employee accused of pulling gun on customer who canceled order
An 18-year-old Pasadena Taco Bell employee has been arrested after allegedly pulling a gun on a customer in the drive-thru after the customer decided to cancel their order, according to the Pasadena Police Department.
Sen. Cornyn discusses US school safety law in Pasadena that provided funds to Houston schools, $10.8B for mental health
United States Senator John Cornyn is holding a news conference in Pasadena to discuss a mental health and school safety law that provided $10 million in grants to Houston-area schools.
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce financial director accused of embezzling $1.6 million for plastic surgery, trips
The financial director of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce has been accused of embezzling $1.6 million over the past five years and spending the money on lavish trips and plastic surgery, according to court documents.